A headmaster / headmistress , head teacher , head , school administrator , principal or school director (sometimes another title is used) is the staff member of a school with the greatest responsibility for the management of the school.
24-565: Andrew Hunter Murray (born 1987) is an English writer, podcaster and comedian. Murray went to school at King's College School in Wimbledon. Murray is a writer and researcher for the BBC panel show QI , as a member of the team known as the " QI Elves". He co-hosts the spin-off podcast series No Such Thing as a Fish in which he and three other QI Elves – Anna Ptaszynski , James Harkin and Dan Schreiber – share their favourite facts from
48-534: A 20-acre site on the south side of Wimbledon Common and owns a boathouse on Putney Embankment and two additional playing-fields in Raynes Park and Motspur Park . In 2010 the school began to renovate and expand its facilities, which was completed in 2019. This included a new sports pavilion (2011), quadrangle and netball court (2015), classroom block (2016), music school (2018), and sports centre (2019). King's College Junior School (also known as KCJS)
72-495: A British comedian or humourist is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about an English novelist is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . King%27s College School King's College School , also known as Wimbledon , KCS , King's and KCS Wimbledon , is a private day school in Wimbledon , southwest London , England . The school was established in 1829 by King George IV, as
96-902: Is governed by the United Grand Lodge of England and administered by the Metropolitan Grand Lodge . Meetings are held four times per year at the school. The Warrant of the Lodge was issued on 23 February 1921 and it was consecrated at Freemasons' Hall, London , on 3 May 1921. 51°25′18″N 0°13′32″W / 51.42155°N 0.22551°W / 51.42155; -0.22551 Head teacher While some head teachers still do some teaching themselves, in most larger schools, most of their duties are managerial and pastoral . They are often used to discipline misbehaving students and to help organize school-sponsored activities, and teachers report to them. In Australia,
120-399: Is secondary to the principal with regard to school governance. Assistant principals generally perform specific duties such as handling student discipline, curriculum, student council or student activities whereas the principal has the ultimate responsibility for the school as a whole (including faculty and staff, physical plant, etc.). In many Australian and New Zealand schools, a principal is
144-845: Is that one of the KCS board of governors is nominated by King's College London . All members of the Sixth Form currently study either the IB Diploma or the A-Level course, and all members of the Fifth Form take GCSE and iGCSE qualifications. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic results were not published during the 2019-2020 or 2020–2021 academic years. GCSE summary: 2018-2024 A level summary: 2018-2024 International Baccalaureate Results: 2018-2024 KCS occupies
168-470: Is the preparatory school for King's College School located in Wimbledon, London , it is on the same campus as King's College Senior school. It was established in its own right in 1912, and educates boys from ages 7–11. The junior school admits about 85 boys each year in three groups: The first two years (3-4) are collectively referred to as 'Rushmere' (as they are taught in Rushmere House), while
192-703: The Victoria Cross . The principal society for former pupils of the school is the Old King's Club, founded in 1884. The school promotes membership amongst recently departed pupils, for whom membership of the club is free. A number of alumni also join the East India Club , formerly the Public Schools Club , on discounted membership. King's College School Lodge number 4257 is the masonic lodge associated with King's College School. It
216-530: The 150 best private schools in the world and among top 30 senior schools in the UK. A royal charter by King George IV founded the school in 1829 as the junior department of the newly established King's College, London . The school occupied the basement of the college in The Strand . Most of its original eighty-five pupils lived in the city within walking distance of the school. During the early Victorian Era ,
240-520: The IB Diploma programme in the sixth form. King's College School, Wimbledon, will work closely with their team in all areas of school life to achieve its goals. King's will also provide staff training and ongoing quality assurance. Dr Anne Cotton, a former headmistress of Portsmouth Grammar School, has been the head of King's College School since September 2022. The following have been heads of King's College School: Five Old King's have been awarded
264-558: The United States have resulted in an increasingly culturally and linguistically diverse Pre K-12 student population, so classroom teachers and principals in the U.S. are not only focusing on instructional issues, but also need to increase educational leadership , cross-cultural leadership, and multicultural education . In larger schools, the principal is assisted by one or more " vice-principals ", " assistant principals ", "associate principals", or "deputy principals". Their position
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#1732791070134288-572: The curriculum, pastoral care and co-curricular programme to ensure that the King's ethos is closely replicated. Monaco - Founded in 1994, the International School of Monaco (ISM) is a co-educational school with approximately 670 students aged 3 to 18. There is a bilingual programme for English and French in its early years and primary school. In the senior school the medium of instruction is English, offering IGCSEs in years 10 and 11 and
312-1008: The final two years (5-6) are called 'Priory'. 2021/2022 Fees are £6,425 per term for years 3–4, and £6,930 per term for years 5–6. As of September 2021 the headmaster is Ted Lougher. China – King's supports Shanghai-based education provider Dipont in establishing schools in China. The first two schools, RDFZ King's College School Hangzhou and Nanwai King's College School Wuxi opened in September 2018. The educational concept brings together schools RDFZ Beijing (Hangzhou) and Nanjing Foreign Language School (Wuxi) from China and King's College School Wimbledon; both schools cater for local Chinese and international students aged 3–18. Thailand - King's College International School Bangkok opened in opened in September 2020 to over 300 boys and girls aged two to ten . The school now provides education to more than 1,100 students aged between two and sixteen. In August 2023,
336-468: The head administrator of a school who has been appointed to her/his position by the school board , superintendent, or other body. The principal, often in conjunction with the school board, makes the executive decisions that govern the school, as well as having the authority over the employment (and in some cases firing) of teachers. The principal is often the chief disciplinarian of the students. While there has been considerable anecdotal discussion about
360-412: The head teacher is sometimes in charge of one (in the case of a major subject) or multiple (often in smaller schools) specific departments, such as English, history, maths, science, writing, technology, etc., but maintains full teaching duties and status. They are considered part of the school executive, and often a head teacher position is a stepping-stone into administration. Rapid demographic changes in
384-442: The importance of school principals, there has been very little systematic research into their impact on student outcomes. Recent analysis in the United States has examined how the gains in student achievement at a school change after the principal changes. This outcome-based approach to measuring effectiveness of principals is very similar to the value-added modeling that has been applied to the evaluation of teachers. Such research in
408-753: The junior department of King's College London and had part of the school's premises in Strand , prior to relocating to Wimbledon in 1897. KCS is a member of the Eton Group of schools. It is predominantly a boys' school but accepts girls into the Sixth Form . In the Sixth Form, students can choose between the International Baccalaureate and A-Level qualifications. The school is included in The Schools Index as one of
432-491: The move to Wimbledon in 1897. The school was progressive in its curriculum in many areas and appointed its first science master in 1855, at a time when very few schools taught science. The first head , John Richardson Major , served the school 1831–1866. 99 of the school's pupils from this period appear in the Dictionary of National Biography . Until the 1880s, the school flourished. In 1882, only Eton College surpassed
456-531: The railway lines from Surrey and south London. A separate junior school was opened on the same campus in 1912. In World War I , many letters were written to the school, including some from the Battle of the Somme . During World War II , the school's Great Hall was damaged by bomb shrapnel, and some of the damage can still be seen on the outside of the hall. The only remaining link between KCS and its former parent
480-413: The school grew in numbers and reputation. Members of the teaching staff included Gabriele Rossetti , who taught Italian . His son, Dante Gabriel , joined the school in 1837. The best known of the early masters was the water-colourist, John Sell Cotman . Nine of his pupils became practising artists and ten architects. By 1843 there were five hundred pupils and the need for larger premises eventually led to
504-443: The school will open for over 1,600 students including its first Sixth Form pupils. In August 2024, its seventh and final building opened to cater for Senior School teaching provision. At capacity, the school will cater for roughly 2,400 students from pre-school to Year 13 who will be prepared for IGCSE, A level, and admission to leading universities. XET will own, manage and operate the school and King's Wimbledon will provide guidance on
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#1732791070134528-407: The total of thirty Oxford and Cambridge Board examination certificates obtained by pupils at KCS. But the school's teaching facilities were becoming increasingly inadequate as many competitor schools moved to new sites with modern facilities and large playing fields. In 1897, falling numbers of pupils prompted the move to the school's present site in Wimbledon , a fast-growing suburb well served by
552-577: The week. Murray wrote and co-presented the podcast's spinoff television series No Such Thing as the News . He currently hosts "Drop Us a Line" as part of the Club Fish podcast. Murray works for Ian Hislop as a writer for Private Eye magazine and hosts the magazine's podcast, Page 94 . Murray's debut novel, The Last Day , a dystopian thriller set in a future where the Earth has stopped spinning,
576-601: Was published in February 2020. Film and TV rights for the novel have been sold to Stone Village Television. His second book, The Sanctuary , was published in May 2022. Murray is a member of the Jane Austen -themed improvisational comedy troupe Austentatious . In February 2021, Murray appeared as a contestant on episodes 76–80 of the fourth series of BBC Two 's Richard Osman's House of Games . This article about
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